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Richard Danielpour

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Richard Danielpour has established himself as one of the most gifted and sought-after composers of his generation. His is music of large and romantic gestures, brilliantly orchestrated and rhythmically vibrant.
Among Danielpour's awards are a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation Grant, the Bearns Prize (from Columbia University), The Charles Ives Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award (both from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), two Barlow Foundation grants, and residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, and the American Academy in Rome. He has been awarded the Alberto Vilar Fellowship and Residency at the Berlin Academy in Germany for the period September 2002 through December 2002. Danielpour recently completed a three-year composer residency with the Pacific Symphony.
Born in New York City on 28 January 1956, Danielpour studied at the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School with Vincent Persichetti and Peter Mennin. Danielpour also trained as a pianist with Lorin Hollander, Veronica Jochum, and Gabriel Chodos. He is a member of the composition faculty at the Curtis Institute and the Manhattan School of Music.
Additional information on Richard Danielpour can be found at http://www.schirmer.com/composers/danielpour_bio.html